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Bucs Getting A New Helmet

February 18th, 2014

Now the Bucs’ old helmet?

Bucs Hall of Fame defensive tackle Warren Sapp has been dropping hints that there is big Bucs news coming this week. The news has arrived: the Bucs are getting a new helmet with a new twist to their logo.

New helmet? Hhhmmm… Joe’s not sure what is wrong with the old helmet. But, OK, fine.

Just don’t mess with the uniforms. Those are sharp. And for God’s sake don’t f’ around with anything black. The pewter pants and red/white jerseys looked sharp.

Joe has mixed feelings about this. Teams that always monkey with their uniforms (look up the definition of “uniform.” It doesn’t mean “costume.”) have garbage uniforms. Panthers and Jags spring to mind. The teams with classic uniforms (Packers, Steelers, Cowboys, Raiders, Giants) never mess with their uniforms because they don’t have to. They are classics. The Bucs had that.

My feelings aren’t mixed. It’s a bad idea, and the Bucs are whoring themselves out to Nike in exchange for some cheap, short-term buzz. That’s one of the best uniforms and one of the most recognizable logos in the NFL , and neither should be touched at all.

Well, when I was growing up the NY Giants actually had GIANTS on the helmet.
Agreed though, no need to change a good thing from a fan standpoint. That can only mean this is a marketing ploy to boost merch dollars. Ugh!

Absolutely right Joe, don’t mess with the uniforms and please don’t change the logo either. It’s what’s in the inside of those uni’s that count, just concentrate on getting a franchise QB and we’re ready to roll.

The rumor suggests a chrome grill. I wonder how this would work in the Florida sun. Hopefully it doesn’t create a blinding reflection.

I like the uniforms the way they are. I think most people would agree that a change isn’t necessary. Hopefully the powers that be didn’t overthink it. Maybe they’ll turn out to be an improvement. I’ll keep an open mind until Thurs.

What is it with the chrome grill? I feel like joe here – there isn’t anything wrong with our logo or uniform. On another note – it would be nice to refresh to a “new” Bucs era with Lovie leading the way. I think the Helmet will have a white base, just because that’s the only way it will match any old uniform and I really hope it is not a freaking orange base. Anyways I hope it just all works out.

Understand something…As we all know the NFL is a business and Owners have teams to run, so they have to do things to ignite the fan base a lil bit and switch up merchandising, of course what matters most is the product on the field and W’s but sometimes change is good and now with the fact we have a new Coach and new GM. Maybe we need to shake it up a lil bit as far as the look to get away from some of the negatives we had last year and years past. Just embrace it. GO BUCS!!!

if you google new bucs logo under images there is something someone created. Looks real nice. took the current logo and made the flag tattered and torn. Takes the cartoonish aspect out of the current logo. I like it.

I don’t want to post a link on the comments section, but feel free to google it.

My feelings aren’t mixed. It’s a bad idea, and the Bucs are whoring themselves out to Nike in exchange for some cheap, short-term buzz. That’s one of the best uniforms and one of the most recognizable logos in the NFL , and neither should be touched at all.

But, dude, didn’t you see? CHROME. BAD ASSZZZZ!!!!!1111 /Idiots

First off, thanks for posting, Bobby! Honored. Best sports radio personality not on radio.

You and Joe are like-minded when it comes to uniforms. And you are absolutely right. Didn’t know of anyone whining about the helmets.

Remember how Bud Selig whored out his team by changing Brewers “uniforms” every season?

Talk about wanting to move on from the train wreck of last season. New coaching staff, a new QB to at least compete with Glennon, new helmets and new uniform…couple that with Schiano being the straw that broke Cleveland’s back and cost Joe Banner and Mike Lombardi their jobs and Freeman likely playing into the termination of Leslie Frazier and last years Bucs arguably did the most damage off the field in terms of people’s careers than any other franchise. And let’s not forget the MRSA.

I just hope the helmets aren’t over the top, other than that I’ll welcome the change. Anything to fully was last years stink from this team is welcomed. It’s time for this ship to fully turnaround.

White helmet makes the most sense. Throwback vs modern… all you switch out are the decals, grill and fabric. Sell more jerseys with more throwback exposure. Combine that with winning, and it’s genius. Make money hand over fist.

Maybe im reading to much into this, but on the bucs website it says the logos will be “enhanced.” When I think enhanced I don’t think radically different, so it might be the same logo but with a more modern look to it.

“Florida Orange” trim on the red jerseys and same on the football on the skull logo. Multiple uniform/decal combinations. Ditch the sweat-stained pewter pants. Not major change, just a tweaking- The Seahawks did the same when Nike cleaned up the contrast on their uniforms.

I love the current uniforms but I am intrigued by this new chrome helmet and logo. I am curious if they did any market research with any current Bucs fans or season ticket holders? I had never heard of anything.

“Enhanced” like the Panthers enhanced their logo a few years back, i.e.: hardly any. I can see a creamsicle outline of the flag with chrome grill and some white flare on the helmet. whatever it is, i can’t imagine Sapp being too excited about them if they weren’t great.

Chrome grills? This makes me fear that they’ll be flirting with a black or red base on the helmet. Seems like Sapp has already seen it and approves. I’m smelling an XFL type of new look for our Bucs. Sad.

Oh, Joe, believe me, when I look at the current helmets I also see San Diego, along with Ronde’s pick-six against Philly, and Joe Jurevicius and his crazy run after the catch, and Derrick Brooks and Sapp, heck even Shaun King and Warrick Dunn in that incredible MNF game against the Rams.

While I’m sure ownership would have eventually introduced some kind of change to the helmet/uniform down the road, I really think the shame and stink of the Schiano sh*t-show turned this into a priority. Plus, look at the merchandise / money making opportunity coming up for the team.

In any event I hope for the best and I’m glad that I bought a Doug Martin throwback last year and held off on the Lavonte David jersey this season.

95% of the people complaining are the ones that spent money on bucs gear.. And now that the logo is going away, you have to buy new gear. Or you are forced to be left with old sh** …lol stop being cheap

Nothing wrong with what we have now! Main colors and accent colors are the best. Only thing I would like better with current scheme is white pants with the red shirt. Sapp seems to be jacked about it, and he loves the current colors, so I’m a little intrigued. Just tweaks please! No major changes!

Joe,
By”need a new Transmission”,
Were you referring to replacing Glennon with Johnny football?
Seemed pretty clear to me- just wanted a verification, to help out the Glennon Mob. They seem to struggle with inferred meanings!
Lol

I personally love the current look of the helmet and uniforms, but im also always up for change. Everyone changes them eventually and with what college does with their uniforms is awesome. I buy a jersey every year and they could change that too and it wouldn’t upset me in the least.

I’ve been fine with the uniforms as well but the more that I talk to people outside of town/not emotionally tied to the team, they think we have one of the worst looking uniforms. They can’t tell the difference between the pewter pants and brown. We have been a really bad team for the past decade+, maybe a mix up wouldn’t be bad. Helped the Seahawks….

Since they aren’t allowed to use the clreamsicle anymore it’s probably going to be some type of helmet to wear once a year on special occasions thats why they didn’t say anything about changing the actual uniforms.

I think they would have made a bigger deal of it if it was a complete overhaul.

It makes sense if it’s just a minor tweeking of the current helmet. Not much, if anything has been said about changing the uniforms themselves. If it was a major change, I would think a big unveiling would be scheduled at One Buc with players modeling the new threads. The fact that it’s Sapp unveiling the new helmet on NFLN at 8pm on a Thurs. tells me it’s not that major.

I like the pewter helmet and uniform pants also. Best look is pewter pants and red jersey,IMO. I liked the Bucco Bruce outfit too. Minor tweaks will be OK. If the Bucs won the SB with a changed uniform just keep the pewter that was part of the last change.

Its already been announced by the bucs that they are NOT going to make any significant changes to the bucs uniforms. Just logo and helmet people! I also wouldn’t mind seeing those pewter pants changed, maybe black, but its not going to happen.

We’ve already had the title of worst logo and uniforms, i love the idea that when we look at our now old uniforms to point to the garbage put on the field it will be forever associated with mark dominick and greg schiano and now with a new look and new coach and new year we can see upgrades from front office all the way down to uniforms and since it’s been in the works for two years i love the timing

everyone feels just alittle better when wearing a new outfit even simple jeans and tshirt so anything that might give the players a boost in confidence and swag im all for it

the uniforms didnt win the superbowl….and yes it was a great year…..ONE YEAR ummm i dont know about you but some teams have been in the playoff race to the superbowl every year and we’ve got that one year over 10 years ago thanks to players who are retired so hold on to that logo if you want, warren sapp is a hall of famer no matter the logo, guess theres something wrong with wanting a change…or are you tired of buying jerseys of players who cant stay on the team long enough to matter

I hope they put the carbon fiber design in the helmet. It looks bad Azz and already matches the pewter tone. I don’t like how we wear the all white uniforms, they look like surrender flags from our pirate ship. But Carbon Fiber helmets would look pretty cool with a chrome grill!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

gotta admit im nervous about the change too because it’s not like hiring greg schiano….were gonna be stuck with it for awhile and if this decided it’s time to unveil the change it means the owners love it since their paying for it and they cant take it back once its unveiled. it took new owners to make a change to the pewter which i loved so lets hope the glazer boys have some kind of style because their dad spearheaded pewter

I didn’t think about that….the whole throwback helmet thing. That tells you the helmets will be white. Hmmmmmmmm……..Not sure I like that idea. Hope they know what they’re doing. The Jaguars helmets are the dumbest things I’ve ever seen.

I would assume that the change will be something similar to like what the Vikings did last year. Yeah, that’s right. The Minnesota Vikings changed their logo. Very subtle changes, that went a long way. The new Vikings logo is cleaner, and made the design more of a square type logo instead of being dominantly vertical.

I am assuming that the Bucs stay with the logo they have now, (not go back to bucco bruce) but just make shrink it up a bit to make it square, instead of the horizontal style that it is today.

If they go back to Bucco Bruce, then that’d be great either way. I hope the Bucs don’t screw this up. Im a huge Viking and Bucs fan so this would be awesome if they did the right changes. Very surprised there have been no leaks on this, which is convincing me that the changes are very subtle as far as the logo goes.

I think that the “Grill” will be a Red Chrome and that Red Chrome will “Bleed” onto the Helmet, giving the look of a Flowing Flag. I would imagine the Helmet would still have a Pewter Color but with a Mat Finish like the Vikings. I also believe that there will be an Orange Trim to the Flag that makes the Orange really Pop…. much like the Lime in Seattle’s Uniform. Just an Opinion of course.

I guess I was the minority. I always liked the flag and Bruce. Love the red jerseys but pewter looks a lot better on a helmet than on cloth. Ditch the pewter pants. Helmet will probably be white so throwbacks can be worn. Primary logo gets tweaked in an update but primarily remains the same. Number font changes to a pirate font? Pants show up in a new red. Just a few guesses.